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GA-03345 1971-01-13 The Straits Times rel A

Day woman gouged general's eyes with a knife (Emmy Marjam testimony)

Day woman gouged general's eyes with a knife: Emmy Marjam testimony (Straits Times, 1971)

The Straits Times, 13 January 1971, p. 2: at the special-court trial of Pemuda Rakjat chairman Sukatno, witness Emmy Marjam, 24, a Gerwani member now under arrest, testifies that she gouged a general's eyes with a knife and saw friends mutilate another's genitals at Lubang Buaya after training from 26 Sept. Reported as

GA-03342 1973-05-09 Berita Harian rel A

Wanita pertama dibicarakan bersabit rampasan kuasa 1965 ('Gestapo' woman to be tried)

First woman to be tried over the 1965 coup: 'Gestapo' woman (Berita Harian, 1973)

Berita Harian, 9 May 1973, p. 3, Reuters: a court spokesman says Mrs Sumali, a Gerwani leader, will be the first woman tried over the 1965 coup, charged with torturing an army general with a razor blade; she was arrested with other Gerwani members at Lubang Buaya on 1 October 1965 after six generals' bodies were found.

GA-02023 1974-02-12 Berita Harian rel A

Berita Harian, 12 Februari 1974: Bekas pengerusi GERWANI dipenjara

Berita Harian, 12 Feb 1974: former Gerwani chair jailed for life in Tebing Tinggi

Berita Harian, 12 Feb 1974 (AP, lead only). A court in Tebing Tinggi, North Sumatra, sentenced Amnah, a former leader of the Indonesian women's movement (Gerwani), to life imprisonment for involvement in the PKI's 1965 coup attempt.

GA-03327 1974-02-12 Berita Harian rel A

Bekas pengerusi GERWANI dipenjara (Former Gerwani chair jailed)

Former Gerwani chair jailed (Berita Harian, 1974)

Berita Harian, 12 February 1974, p. 3, AP: a court in Tebing Tinggi, North Sumatra, sentences Mrs Amnah, former Gerwani chair, to life imprisonment for involvement in the PKI's failed 1965 'power seizure' (per Radio Jakarta); Maryo, ex-chair of the BTI, gets 20 years. Shows continuing New Order trials of Gerwani leader